Genesis 37:21
“And Reuben heard it, and he deliuered him out of their hands, and said; Let vs not kill him.”
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Genesis 37:21 Context
19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth. 20Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some euill beast hath deuoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreames. 21And Reuben heard it, and he deliuered him out of their hands, and said; Let vs not kill him. 22And Reuben saide vnto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hand vpon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliuer him to his father againe. 23¶ And it came to passe when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, that they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his coat of many colours that was on him.
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And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
- King James Version
But Reuben heard {this} and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life."
- New American Standard Version (1995)